Is it my fault I'm depressed??? Am I just being I wimp? I feel sooo guilty.
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No, it's not your fault, no you're not being a wimp and you don't need to feel guilty.
I looked at your profile and the titles to the questions you have asked. I am going to guess that you are between 13 and 15 years of age.
You are at an age where hormones, emotions and even your brain are undergoing strong changes. It is natural to occasionally feel confused or depressed.
The best thing you can do is to talk to a counselor or therapist. Barring that, find someone you can communicate your emotions and thoughts with, sort of like a sounding board. Keeping your thoughts to yourself doesn't help. If you can't find someone around you then consider Fun Mailing someone on Fun Advice whose advice you like. It's relatively private and gives you a good sounding board.
Check out the link below for information on teen depression.
Information on teen depression:
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depressionteenteenagers.htm
If you are having problems or are depressed, below is a site that may help you:
Worldwide:
Check out the Befrienders link below. They are not only a suicide hotline but also offer help to people who are stressed or are in a state of depression.
http://www.befrienders.org/support/helplines.asp
Fun Mail a "sounding board"!
I would assume that you can't talk about what you are going through with anyone because it is too personal and you don't want others to know about it in relation to you.
The solution, then, might be to pick someone on Fun Advice whose advice you like and Fun Mail them. (You can check out the quality of someone's advice by clicking on their name; going down to their recent advice, click on view all, then click on the questions that might interest you and view their answers.) Explain to them that you are having problems and want to have someone to use as a "sounding board" and would like to know if they would be willing to be your sounding board. Fun Mail is basically private, so you shouldn't have any concerns about your privacy.
Although there are many users on Fun Advice who would be qualified, I'd suggest the person be an Advisor, for two reasons: First, most Advisors have several hundred or even thousands of Answers under their belt which can really give you a perspective about them; and second, you can simply click on the Advisors link at the top of the page and view a list of the most recently active Advisors with information about them AND a total of their Answers. (Don't contact them by that "Ask me a question" link. That's public. Instead, click on their name which will take you to their Profile page, then click on the "Send me Fun Mail" link on the left side of the page.)
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AND, Yes I think you should tell your dad about your depression. I think he may be more helpful, understanding and responsive than you might perceive. Trust him to be there for you.
Depression is an illness. It's like asking if it is your fault you have a cold. (Seriously it isn't any different). You cant help it, you cant snap out if any more than you can snap out of a cold or the flu. Oh and feelings of guilt feed into the illness and are unfortunately part of it... Get some help, you'd go to the doctor if you had an infection or pneumonia, well your mental health shouldnt be less important (I personally think it's more important)
No, depression is somthing that evenyually eats us all, even the happiest of us, and we have to learn to deal with, and then overcome , try finding somthing that will make you laugh, go to my mmain page and look at my pics, the should put a smile on your face... Hope it helps.
for anyone to anwser that with good advise they would have to know why you are depressed because each case of depression is different like if you killed someone ya its your fault your depressed however if it was an accident then no that was just an example
but I have a perfect life, and is still feel like this!!! I feel I"m being selfish!
no babe, its not its going to be okay.
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